Tivaouane

Tivaouane

      town, northwestern Senegal. It is located about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Dakar. Senegal's principal mineral exports, phosphates, are quarried near Tivaouane. The town is linked by road and rail with the ports of Dakar and Saint-Louis. Tivaouane is the country's centre for the Sufi-Muslim Tijani (Tijāniyyah) sect and is the site of an annual pilgrimage for Tijani Muslims. The Wolof people constitute the town's main inhabitants. Pop. (2004 est.) 39,076.

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